Buddha
Quotes
The founder of Buddhism, he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree and spent his life teaching the path to liberation from suffering. His teachings, known as the Dharma, outline the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path as a guide to achieving Nirvana. Emphasizing mindfulness, ethical conduct, and wisdom, his philosophy advocates for a Middle Way between self-indulgence and self-mortification. His profound influence continues to shape spiritual practice and ethical conduct across various cultures.
I do not fight with the world but the world fights with me.
Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advocated a different timeless strategy to overcome hatred. This eternal wisdom is to meet hatred with non-hatred. The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom.
All living beings have Buddha nature and can become Buddhas.
Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers.
Let a man overcome anger by love.
If desires are not uprooted, sorrows grow again in you.
If there is only empty space, with no suns nor planets in it, then space loses its substantiality.
Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment.
Hate is only conquered by love.
One should refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs.
If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
Do not carry with you your mistakes. Do not carry your cares. Travel on alone. Like an elephant in the forest.
Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views.
The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe.
The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.
The holy man is beyond time, he does not depend on any view nor subscribe to any sect; all current theories he understands, but he remains unattached to any of them.
Having abandoned the taking of life, refraining from killing, we dwell without violence, with the knife laid down, scrupulous, full of mercy, trembling with compassion for all sentient beings.
In protecting oneself, others are protected; In protecting others, oneself is protected.
The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does not correspond to any reality.
All composite things decay. Strive diligently.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
